The effective use of IPB operationally and tactically has characterized successful leaders over time and across wars, from Frederick the Great in the mid-1700s to the American leaders fighting today's insurgencies.

For two centuries, it provided sweet comfort to some of the best known characters in history and literature, from Napoleon and Louis XVI to Frederick the Great and Charles Dickens' Reverend Septimus Crisparkle.

Frederick the Great of Prussia banned the hot beverage in 1777 because it was interfering with the country's beer sales, and in 1511, it was banned in Mecca in fear that it'd stimulate radical thinking, according to (http://www.

The album features the music that was performed at the court of the Prussian King Frederick the Great (1740-1786), known not only as an enlightened monarch and successful military commander but also as a passionate lover of music, flautist and composer.

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